Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 20, 2023 at 10:02 PMThe Afghans who were deported by Pakistan, Iran and Turkey called on host countries to stop expelling the refugees. They also voiced concerns over the mistreatment of the host countries’ police towards the Afghan refugees. Nazia, a mother of three children, said that she has recently been deported from Iran. Nazia said that her husband also was arrested by Iranian police. “They took six million [Iranian…
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By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews Online, Nov 19, 2023 at 8:49 PMSome civil society activists in Pakistan demanded a stop to the forced deportation of Afghan refugees from this country. These protesters said that law enforcement agencies in Pakistan are persecuting Afghan refugees. The Islamic Emirate assured it has made necessary preparations to welcome the refugees and said that more than 400,000 people have returned to the country so far. Some members of the civil…
report in TOLOnews, Nov 18, 2023 at 8:57 PMSeveral religious scholars of Pakistan supported the expulsion of illegal immigrants from this country. During a meeting with Pakistan’s chief of army staff, General Syed Asim Munir, the scholars expressed their concerns about the use of Afghanistan’s territory against Pakistan and asked the current Afghan government to take action in this regard. “The forum unanimously supported Government’s measures to harden the State including repatriation of illegal foreigners,…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 15, 2023 at 9:16 PMA number of refugees expelled from Pakistan say they have suffered psychologically due to harassment by the Pakistani military. Officials at the health camp in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar say that many refugees deported from Pakistan are struggling with depression due to torture by the Pakistani military. Every day, hundreds of Afghans who suffer from depression due to mistreatment and torture by Pakistani soldiers, visit…
By Fatema Adeeb in TOLOnews Online, Nov 14, 2023 at 8:35 PMInternational Crisis Group’s expert Ibraheem Bahiss, in a “Q and A” released by ICG stated that Pakistan’s policy to deport Afghan refugees “could bring further trouble to the region,” notwithstanding Islamabad’s efforts to justify itself on security grounds. According to Bahiss, despite the immediate outcry from the UN and other international bodies, Islamabad seems intent on forcing all undocumented Afghans back to their home…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 14, 2023Pakistan’s Interim Interior Minister, Sarfraz Bugti, has refuted claims of mistreatment of Afghan migrants by Pakistani security forces. He assured that refugees with immigration cards will not face deportation from Pakistan, addressing the issue during a session in the Pakistani Senate on November 13. Bugti revealed that around 300,000 illegal Afghan migrants have voluntarily returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan, with only 8,000 deportations carried out…
By Fidel Rahmati in THe Khaama Press Online, November 12, 2023In the last 20 days, 3,090 Afghan people were flown from Turkey to Kabul due to deportation, as reported by the head of the Legal Support Directorate of the Ministry of Refugees’ Affairs. According to the source, among these 3,090 individuals who were deported by air, there were 7 families and 7 children. Assistance in the form of cash has been provided to 3,083 of…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 06, 2023 at 10:18 PMThe Afghan refugees who have been deported by Pakistan and are currently based in temporary camps in Nangarhar, complained about their conditions and asked for resettlement in warm areas as the season is getting cold. The refugees said that many of them are originally from cold areas. “We should be provided with settlement facilities in a warm area such as Nangarhar,” said Qadir Khan, a refugee.…
report in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2023.PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq on Sunday said the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan should form a joint commission for the “dignified” return of Afghan refugees to their homeland and chalk out a strategy agreed upon by both sides for this purpose. “Pakistan has been hosting the Afghans for several years. Expelling them on an emergency basis will boost the morale of the common enemies of both the…
By Fatema Adeeb in TOLOnews Online, Nov 02, 2023 at 8:54 PMThe forced deportation of Afghan immigrants from Pakistan has sparked worldwide reactions. The US Department of State’s spokesman, Matthew Miller, in reaction to the forced deportation of Afghans, asked Pakistan to uphold its obligations in the treatment of refugees and respect the principle of non-refoulement. “So we join all of our partners in urging every state, including Pakistan, to uphold their respective obligations in…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 01, 2023 at 8:09 PMPakistan’s decision to forcibly deport unregistered Afghan refugees has sparked domestic and foreign reactions. Amnesty International in a statement asked the government of Pakistan to immediately reverse its decision to forcibly deport Afghan refugees. This organization noted that Pakistan must meet its international legal obligations including the principle of non-refoulement and stop the crackdown against, and harassment of, Afghan refugees across the country. “Amnesty International strongly…